Operating Partners
Veep matches companies with vetted senior operators who own urgent priorities and high-stakes decisions across finance, GTM, operations, product, people, fundraising, and strategy.
Move critical work forward without waiting for a permanent hire. Veep connects founder-led, owner-led, investor-backed, and portfolio companies with vetted senior operators who take ownership across finance, go-to-market, operations, product, people, fundraising, and strategy. Engagements are scoped to the work, giving growing companies practical leadership capacity, flexible commitment, and measurable execution when it matters most.
Access senior operators for urgent priorities, flexible initiatives, and embedded leadership across critical business functions.
Veep matches companies with vetted senior operators who own urgent priorities and high-stakes decisions across finance, GTM, operations, product, people, fundraising, and strategy.
Choose advisory, project-based, or ongoing support scoped to the work rather than a long-term contract, with operators focused on hands-on ownership and measurable outcomes.
Add senior operating capacity without immediately making a permanent executive hire. Matched operators embed into the business and help move critical work forward.
Veep gives growing companies access to experienced operators who step into urgent work and take responsibility for outcomes. Support can span finance, go-to-market, operations, product, people, fundraising, and strategy. Engagements are shaped around the initiative, from advisory support to ongoing ownership, helping founders reduce execution gaps while preserving flexibility and maintaining a clear path to continuity.
Veep combines senior operating experience with a managed matching model built around the work.
Access former founders, CEOs, GMs, C-suite executives, SVP leaders, and functional experts.
Receive a matched operator selected for your priority, urgency, company stage, function, and business context.
Operators step into the work, make decisions, and own outcomes instead of stopping at recommendations.
A 30-day fit guarantee reduces engagement risk and supports an operator swap or full exit option.
Experienced builders helping founders move critical work forward.
Co-Founder
Dave Garcia is a Co-Founder of Veep, bringing decades of experience building and scaling products inside high-growth startups. Throughout his career, Dave has launched products from the ground up, led critical organizational pivots, and guided companies through successful exits. His deep understanding of what it takes to move fast without sacrificing quality shapes Veep's approach to matching companies with senior operators who can immediately own outcomes. At Veep, Dave focuses on helping founders and CEOs offload urgent, high-impact work so they can concentrate on strategic priorities. He is passionate about giving founders access to the same caliber of operating talent that only the largest companies typically enjoy, ensuring critical work never sits idle waiting for a permanent hire.
Co-Founder
Jian Yang is a Co-Founder of Veep with an extensive background in raising capital, scaling companies, and leading organizations through successful exits. His experience spans multiple high-growth environments where he directly navigated the operational and financial challenges that founders face daily. Jian co-founded Veep to give other founders and executives access to senior-level operating expertise without the delays and risks of traditional hiring processes. He is dedicated to helping companies move critical initiatives forward with the same rigor and judgment he applied while building and scaling his own ventures. At Veep, Jian focuses on ensuring clients receive matched operators who bring both strategic insight and hands-on execution, helping founder-led and investor-backed companies grow smarter and faster.
Co-Founder
Mark Newhouse is a Co-Founder of Veep, known for building brands, transforming organizations, and successfully selling startups over the course of his career. His broad experience across company stages and industries gives him a unique perspective on the operational gaps that emerge as businesses scale. Mark co-founded Veep to address a recurring problem he witnessed firsthand: critical work without clear ownership, left to founders and CEOs already stretched thin. He is committed to building alongside founders, providing them with vetted senior operators who step in immediately and take ownership of high-impact priorities. At Veep, Mark emphasizes clean handoffs and guaranteed fit, ensuring that every engagement delivers real results and lasting continuity for the businesses Veep serves.
Fractional talent typically brings senior-level functional or executive leadership into a company for a defined portion of the work or operating need. Freelancers are often engaged for specific deliverables or specialized tasks. Veep’s operators go beyond recommendations: they embed with the company, make decisions, coordinate execution, and take ownership of outcomes across priorities such as finance, operations, go-to-market, product, people, fundraising, or strategy.
Talk with Veep about the priority, leadership need, and engagement structure.
Access is limited to vetted senior operators matched through Veep.
Former founders, CEOs, GMs, executives, and functional leaders.
A 30-day fit guarantee supports an operator swap or exit option.
Share the priority, context, and leadership gap. Veep will help identify the right fractional operator or engagement model.
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